Genus Thoracochaeta Duda, 1918 Thoracochaeta Duda, 1918. – HAYASHI (2005b): 293 –297 [diagnosis, taxonomy, key to Japanese species, illustr.]. Thoracochaeta accola Roháček & Marshall, 2000. Distr.: Palaearctic: Cyprus, Georgia, Greece, Ukraine. Thoracochaeta accola. – GATT (2004): 115 [new record from Cyprus]. Thoracochaeta brachystoma (Stenhammar, 1855). Distr.: Afrotropical: Cameroon, Ghana, Seychelles, South Africa, Yemen; Australasian / Oceanian: Australia (NSW), Cook Is., Hawaii (USA), Micronesia (Yap Is.), New Caledonia, Palau (USA); Nearctic: Canada (NB, NS, PE, QC), USA (CT, FL, MA, NH, NY, RI, TX); Neotropical: Antigua, Argentina, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Chile, Dominica, Easter I., Jamaica, Juan Fernández Is. (Chile), Mexico (QNR, YUC), Peru, Turks & Caicos, Venezuela; Oriental: Indonesia (Sumatra), Philippines; Palaearctic: Algeria, Azores (Portugal), Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is. (Spain), Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Ireland, Israel [record missing from previous catalog], Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lebanon, Madeira (Portugal), Malta, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania,? Russia (CET), Spain (incl. Balearic Is.), Sweden, Tunisia, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates; South Atlantic: Gough I., Tristan da Cunha. Thoracochaeta brachystoma. – NASH et al. (2001): 203 [record from Ireland]; ROHÁČEK (2004b): 258 [new record from Cyprus]; GATT (2007): 305 [new record from Morocco]; GATT (2008): 701 [new record from United Arab Emirates]; KARPA (2008): 28 [record from Latvia]. Leptocera brachystoma. – PANTELEEVA (2005): 492 [a doubful record from Russia: CET]. Thoracochaeta erectiseta Carles-Tolrá, 1994. Distr.: Palaearctic: Canary Is. (Spain), Great Britain, Italy (Sicily), Morocco, Spain (Balearic Is.). Thoracochaeta erectiseta. – GATT (2007): 305 [new record from Morocco]. Thoracochaeta gemina Roháček & Marshall, 2000. Distr.: Palaearctic: Japan, Russia (FE). Thoracochaeta gemina. – HAYASHI (2005b): 293 [diagnosis, key, new record from Japan]. Thoracochaeta mediterranea Munari, 1989. Distr.: Palaearctic: Croatia, Cyprus, Italy (Pantelleria I.), Malta, Spain (Balearic Is.). Thoracochaeta mediterranea. – ROHÁČEK (2004b): 259 [new record from Cyprus]. Thoracochaeta setifer Hayashi, 2005. Distr.: Palaearctic: Japan. Thoracochaeta setifer Hayashi, 2005b: 294 [both sexes, key, taxonomic notes, illustr.]. Type locality: Japan, Hokkaido, Nemuro, Nemuro. HT male (NIID). Thoracochaeta zosterae (Haliday, 1833). Distr.: Nearctic: Canada (NB, NS, ON, PE), USA (ME); Neotropical: Argentina; Palaearctic: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faeroe Is. (Denmark), Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia (NET, FE, SET), Serbia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey; South Atlantic: Gough I.; South Indian Ocean: Île Saint Paul. Thoracochaeta zosterae. – LUTOVINOVAS et al. (2003): 408 [new record from Lithuania].

Published as part of Marshall, Stephen A., Roháček, Jindřich, Dong, Hui & Buck, Matthias, 2011, The state of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera: Acalyptratae): a world catalog update covering the years 2000 - 2010, with new generic synonymy, new combinations, and new distributions, pp. 217-298 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 51 (1) on pages 281-282, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5327684